This has been researched by Jacqueline Clark and written by John Olsen.
b458Richard Sleaford was born in 1544. He had 6 sons: b285Thomas Sleaford born in 1565 in Metheringham; b299Richard Sleaford born in 1570 in Metheringham; b304William Sleaford born in 1570 in Metheringham; b307John Sleaford born on 23/02/1578 in Rowston. On 25/02/1616 he married b308Jane Steel; b310Gilbert Sleaford born on 17/01/1584 in Metheringham; b311Robert Sleaford born on 09/04/1574 in Dorrington; and 1 daughter b309Rose Sleaford born on 22/07/1581 in Rowston.
b285Thomas Sleaford born in 1565 in Metheringham. He was a son of Richard Sleaford. On 25/08/1588 he married b286Margaret Turner, born in Grantham. They had 4 children all born in Metheringham: b288Elizabeth Sleaford born on 30/08/1590; b289William Sleaford born on 04/03/1592. He had a daughter b290Katherine Sleaford born on 21/04/1639; b291Katheren Sleaford born on 12/10/1594; b292Thomas Sleaford born in c1600.
After the death of Margaret, on 29/01/1599 he married b287Elizabeth Atkinson born in 1578.
b292Thomas Sleaford born in 1600 in Metheringham. He was a son of Thomas and Margaret Sleaford. On 29/06/1624 he married b293Grace Goulding. They had a son born in Metheringham: b294Thomas Sleaford born in c1625. On 29/07/1673 he married b295Ann Benton They had 3 children all born in Goxhill: b296Elizabeth Sleaford born in 1674; b297William Sleaford born in 1676; b298Thomas Sleaford born in 1680.
b299Richard Sleaford born in 1570 in Metheringham. He was a son of Richard Sleaford. On 03/06/1592 he married b301Helen Bouldin, born in 1571. They had 2 children all born in Metheringham: b302Jane Sleaford born in 1592; b303Jamie Sleaford born in 1592.
After the death of Helen, on 31/05/1607 he married b300Katherine Wright.
b304William Sleaford born in 1570 in Metheringham. He was a son of Richard Sleaford. On 07/12/1590 he married b305Ann Monketon, born in 1570. They had a daughter born in Skellingthorpe: b306Marie Sleaford born on 15/12/1598.
b311Robert Sleaford born on 09/04/1574 in Dorrington and died in 1621. He was a son of Richard Sleaford. On 22/10/1608 he married b312Isabel Sellers, born on 11/03/1575. They had 3 children all born in Metheringham: b313John Sleaford born on 25/11/1610; b314William Sleaford born on 13/09/1612; b315Edward Sleaford born on 15/11/1614.
b316Robert Sleaford born in 1635 in Metherington and died in 1685. He was a son of b315 Edward Sleaford. In 1664 he married b317Catherine Tredway, born in 1638 and died in 1685. They had 7 children: b318Robert Sleaford born on 27/07/1667 in Leadenham and died in 1729. He was married to b319Lucy Draper born in 1680. They had a son b320Robert Sleaford born in 1715; b321Richard Sleaford born on 8/11/1668 in Leadenham; b322John Sleaford born on 22/06/1671 in Leadenham; b323Mary Sleaford born on 06/04/1674 in Evedon; b324Anne Sleaford born in December 1675 in Evedon; b325William Sleaford born on 09/06/1677 in Evedon and died in 1685; b326Edmond Sleaford born on 10/05/1679 in Silk Willoughby.
b327Edward Sleaford born in 1645 in Digby, Lincoln. He was a son of Edward Sleaford. He had 3 children all born in Digby, Lincoln: b328William Sleaford born on 04/06/1665; b336Ann Sleaford born on 16/12/1666; b337Edward Sleaford born in 1667.
b328William Sleaford born on 04/06/1665. He was a son of Edward Sleaford. He had 5 children all born in Gainsborough: b329Elizabeth Sleaford born on 16/01/1684; b330William Sleaford born on 24/04/1689; b331Mary Sleaford born on 23/07/1695 and married to b332John Smith born in 1690; b333Thomas Sleaford born on 02/03/1697 and married to b334Frances Lain; b335Joseph Sleaford born in 1699.
b337Edward Sleaford born in 1667 in Digby, Lincoln. He was a son of Edward Sleaford. On 02/03/1690 he married b338Alice Eder. They had 6 children all born in Digby, Lincoln: b339Edward Sleaford born on 13/12/1691 and died in 1708; b340Robert Sleaford born on 19/03/1692. On 23/04/1725 he married b341Ann Elsey born in 1704; b342John Sleaford born on 03/06/1694; b343Thomas Sleaford born on 25/03/1694. In 1713 he married b344Troth Wilson; b345William Sleaford born in March 1697; b346Ann Sleaford born on 01/12/1700.
After the death of Alice, on 11/02/1702 he married b347Mary Grove born in 1681. They had 4 children, all born in Digby, Lincoln; b348John Sleaford born on 21/02/1702. He married b349Katherine Everingham; b350Edward Sleaford born on 21/08/1708; b351Thomas Sleaford born on 21/08/1708; b352Ann Sleaford born on 04/04/1705. On 24/09/1739 she married b353William Reddish born on 29/04/1716.